Ear irrigation 69209 at Princeton Community Hospital

122 12th St, Princeton, WV · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1558313213

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 10, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$73.00

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$146.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$9.60 with molina managed medicaid vs $215.60 with aetna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
molina managed medicaid molina managed medicaid $9.60 ↓ -87%
aetna better health pa chip $10.56 ↓ -86%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $22.53 ↓ -69%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $22.53 ↓ -69%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $22.53 ↓ -69%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $22.53 ↓ -69%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $23.43 ↓ -68%
humana medicare advantage all plans $23.66 ↓ -68%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $23.66 ↓ -68%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $23.66 ↓ -68%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $23.88 ↓ -67%
wv senior advantage isnp $23.88 ↓ -67%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $24.56 ↓ -66%
the health plan wv peia $25.23 ↓ -65%
occunet occunet $30.42 ↓ -58%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $34.00 ↓ -53%
coventry health care worker's compensation $35.60 ↓ -51%
alliance coal alliance coal $39.43 ↓ -46%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $131.23 ↑ +80%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $131.23 ↑ +80%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↑ +182%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↑ +182%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↑ +182%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↑ +182%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↑ +186%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↑ +187%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↑ +187%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $209.72 ↑ +187%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $215.60 ↑ +195%

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Ear irrigation 69209 at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $108.50 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $174.40 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $336.50 $10.08 – $209.72
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $163.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $223.00 $10.27 – $209.72
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $114.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $110.50 $60.81 – $209.72
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $129.00 not published

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